No, if you read the bill, he is talking about HOLDING them all until they are deported. Now, they are released and told to reappear for their hearing. Which, very few do.
@Sanguine HorseHillary! There is NO reason to hold any of them longer than overnight. They are either citizens or legal aliens with permission to be here,or they get deported.
What he is talking about is caving to the left while getting more money to run the bureaucracy. The Border Patrol needs more money to hire agents and build the wall,not more money to feed,clothe,house,educate,and hire lawyers to represent illegal aliens in holding.
You either stand for something,or you stand for nothing at all. Smarmy Ted Cruz stands for straddling any issue and standing for nothing.
BTW,I can see holding the adults for maybe a week before deporting them. They can be given picks and shovels to help clean land to pour a cement base for the wall. The ones to old or weak to do that can carry water for the ones working.
There MUST be some sort of punishment for violating our border and breaking out national,state,and local laws.
As for their children,they could be deported to Mexico immediately,and let the Mexicans bear the expense of baby-sitting them while their parents are working off their labor sentences in the US. Maybe THEN the Mexicans would start taking seriously their obligation to guard their borders.